It will take more than new language or better lessons. Who’s teaching, who’s learning and the very nature of how social studies are taught and tested are also in play.
Missing Teachers
Will the City’s New Schools Contract Reduce the Unequal Impact of Teacher Turnover?
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‘If you just look at the data, we’re good,’ says one expert. ‘But if you look at the actual breakout of the teacher turnover rate, it is significantly higher in communities of color.’
Missing Teachers
Chronic Teacher Absenteeism Hits Some NYC Schools, Districts Hard
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There’s disagreement on how to measure chronic teacher absenteeism, and the causes of it are more complicated than you might assume. But there’s no denying big disparities in absentee rates—even among schools in the same district.
Missing Teachers
Missing Teachers: Attendance, Turnover and Staffing Gaps in NYC Classrooms
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Across the city, state and nation, students deal with missing teachers every day. It’s a multifaceted problem whose impact on school performance is often overlooked in the debates about education policy.
adult education
Older New Yorkers Have Huge and Growing Need for English Classes
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The city is aging, and its older population includes many thousands of people who have never learned English, posing a large challenge to society that current resources are ill-equipped to solve.
ACS
The Kids are Leaving Rikers. Is it Really a New Day for Juvenile Justice in NYC?
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Not so fast. With Raise the Age going into effect this week, the city’s 16- and 17-year-olds in custody are just moving from one jail to another.
betsy de vos
From Charters to Common Core, There’s a Ceasefire in NY’s School Wars
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But with desegregation an increasingly urgent goal, how long will it last?
sports
The U.S. Open is Over. Did Queens Benefit?
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‘Undoubtedly, the U.S Open is positive for the city. We just wish the USTA was as involved in promoting the vibrancy of our communities as we believe they should be.’
campaigns
Audio: The LLC Loophole, Explained
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Executive editor Jarrett Murphy joined All Things Considered on Friday to discuss the limited liability company loophole that permits business interests to donate massive sums to candidates for state office.
Investigations
Coming to Grips With the Two-Decade Deluge of LLC Money into New York’s Democracy
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A close look at who has given and who has received under New York State’s gaping LLC loophole.
The People's Lawyer
Maloney Running on a Complex Congressional Record
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The upstate congressman and attorney general hopeful has supported justice reform and new protections for cops, fought the Muslim ban but voted for increasing screenings of some Mideast nationals and railed against deportations but opposed the abolition of ICE